Comment: Dillashaw beat Cody Garbrandt in even more of a decisive performance than their first fight last year. The win also marked the first successful title defense of the UFC bantamweight title in over two years since Dominick Cruz beat Urijah Faber at UFC 199. Don’t expect another one of those however, because according to Dillashaw, the UFC may be looking to book him in a flyweight championship fight with Henry Cejudo. T.J. would be intent on dropping down in weight for such an opportunity to win another UFC strap.

Comment: Now having lost consecutive fights by KO/TKO, Garbrandt has to focus on a non-title fight in 2019. With Marlon Moraes and Raphael Assuncao the top contenders at 135, will either jump at the chance to either give Garbandt a three-fight losing streak or give him the platform to reverse course?

Comment: ONE Championship has announced their first live event for Tokyo, Japan will happen on March 31st, 2019. Fernandez has defended his ONE bantamweight title seven times since winning and then unifying the title in 2013. He has not fought in Japan since 2012 and it was there in 2011 that he won his first bantamweight title in MMA.

Comment: Caldwell, the reigning Bellator bantamweight champion, has his sights set on a 145 championship fight against Patricio “Pitbull” Freire. He does not view any serious contenders for himself at 135 (though Ricky Bandejas may be that man after knocking out Irishman James Gallagher). Caldwell’s win last month over Noad Lahat came at featherweight, his fight in nearly four years.

Comment: McDonald could not avoid surgery for his hand injury and announced he would undergo the knife again to repair what happened during his win over Eduardo Dantas. Check out McDonald’s Instagram post announcing the surgery for more specific info on the state of his hand.